[extropy-chat] warmer weather = better wine

[Spike]

> ...We really are all Africans, we can take the heat a
> lot better than we can take the cold...  spike

Actually Spike, recent DNA evidence has shown that
most "westerners" are of central Asian descent.
The central Asian climate can be very cold in
the winter.  So your claim that we can take the
heat better than we can take the cold may be
on very swampy ground.  I suspect that some
individuals may retain an African heat tolerance
but that for many others the case is not true
because we became adapted to other environments.
You are dealing with a very complex question of
how much energy humans consume and waste (through
burning it) and it is *not* as simple as you suggest.

Robert

 
Ja, but that in itself brings up some interesting questions.
The African shape is generally tall and willowy, whereas
the central Asian is short and stocky.  For whatever
reason, humans seem to have chosen the African build
as the ideal of beauty.  Evidence: there are medications
and treatments available to help people lose weight and
to help people gain weight (which don't work, by the way).
The weight loss products outnumber the weight gain by
about 50 to 1, as a first order guess.  
 
People will soon evolve to be taller and thinner, just by mate
selection.  spike
 
 
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